Ben Sigman, an active collaborator in the Bitcoiner ecosystem, conducted on June 26 an experiment that modifies Bluewallet, a popular Wallet to manage Bitcoin (BTC), integrating post-chartography, with the aim of demonstrating practical defenses against the alleged danger of quantum attacks.
Sigman, CEO of Bitcoin Libre, has made a Bluewallet fork, that is, a fork of the original code to adapt it with new elements. In this experimental version, he incorporated algorithms such as Shake-127 and Sphincs+, designed to be resistant against quantum computers.
These algorithms are part of the standards post-chantic proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States (NIST) in a draft of 2024. NIST proposals could mitigate the possible threat of quantum algorithms such as Shortheoretically capable of deciphering the current Bitcoin cryptography based on elliptical curves (ECDSA).
As explained by Sigman, the direction generated is real and derived from a seed phrase. However, its format Base58common in Bitcoin addresses, includes a prefix “BC1S” not valid in the current bitcoin network, and the type of associated signature is not compatible, at least for now.
Sigman Clarify that It is a proof of conceptwhich means that, although functional in theory, it cannot be used in real transactions.
The following image shared by Sigman shows the modified Bluewallet wallet interface, where a post-chantic address is displayed next to options such as options such as options such as “View Quantum Proofs” (see quantum tests) and “View post-quantum address” (See post-quantic address).
This reflects a design that allows users to explore how these new firms can be integrated. POST-TATIVE CRYPTOGRAPHY replaces traditional digital firms With methods resistant to quantum attacksensuring that if a quantum computer manages to break the current private keys, the funds remain safe.
As Cryptonoticias reported, Ben Sigman has already made contributions on quantum computing in Bitcoin.
Last December, he argued that Bitcoin 360’s improvement proposal (BIP-360) I would prepare BTC for resistance against quantum threat.
